Liberia Coordinating Mechanism - LCM

LCM Oversight Committee Chair, Madam Jessica Healey of USAID, leads monitoring visit team to Central Medical Store (CMS), formerly National Drug Service (NDS) to get an appreciation of the supply chain situation in the country in the context of the Global Fund support.

Liberia joins the world in commemoration of Wold AIDS Day (WAD 2021).

This year's WAD was celebrated under the Global Theme: End Inequality, End AIDS, End Pademic.

December 1 is celebrated each year as World AIDS Day to help raise awareness (and life-changing funds) to fight HIV.

UNAIDS is highlighting the urgent need to end the inequalities that drive AIDS and other pandemics around the world.

Without bold action against inequalities, the world risks missing the targets to end AIDS by 2030, as well as a prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and a spiralling social and economic crisis.

Forty years since the first AIDS cases were reported, HIV still threatens the world. Today, the world is off track from delivering on the shared commitment to end AIDS by 2030 not because of a lack of knowledge or tools to beat AIDS, but because of structural inequalities that obstruct proven solutions to HIV prevention and treatment (UNAIDS 2021 WAD Statement).

Economic, social, cultural and legal inequalities must be ended as a matter of urgency if we are to end AIDS by 2030 (UNAIDS 2021 WAD Statement).

LCM oversight Monitoring Visit Team ends mission in Nimba in pictures.

The mission team was led by Mrs. Theodosia Kolee, Vice Chair of the LCM Oversight Committee.

The monitoring visit was focus on commodities distributed by the Central Medical Store to Nimba County, with support of the Global Fund to fight AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS AND MALARIA in Liberia, and the integrated Community Case Management (iCCM) Program implemented in the County by Ministry of Health and Plan International as PRs.

The mission takes place two times every quarter. The last visit took placed from 17-20 November 2021.

The Oversight Committee next monitoring visit is slated for February 2022.

National AIDS Commission (NAC) and UNAIDS jointly launched Liberia's National Strategic Framework (NSP 2021-2025) and M&E Plan to meeting Global End AIDS Targets: 95-95-95.

The ambitious 95-95-95 strategy was announced by UNAIDS in 2014, aiming to end the AIDS epidemic by 2030 by achieving 95% diagnosed among all people living with HIV (PLHIV), 95% on antiretroviral therapy (ART) among diagnosed, and 95% virally suppressed (VS) among treated. An intermediate goal of 90-90-90 was set for 2020. These targets have been adopted by many countries including Liberia implying that treatment should be prioritized in resource allocation.

Mrs. Theodosia Kolee, Chairperson of the NAC said the NSP will guide the country in its implementation drive to ending AIDS in the country.

Also speaking, Dr. Pepukai Chikukwa, UNAIDS Country Director terms the Lauching of both plans -NSP and M&E Plan- as a step in the right direction for the country to meeting the Global targets.

The launched of the strategic framework documents to guide the national AIDS response was supported by the UNAIDS.

LCM hosts 4th Quarter Meeting in pictures under the leadership of Madam Joyce_kilikpo

The Ministry of Health National Malaria Control Program in collaboration with Plan International Liberia and partners including the LCM is conducting a nationwide County engagement or Community Entry Meetings ahead of the Country's Insecticide Mosquito 🦟 Net Distribution for 2021. Photos taken during the meeting commencement

INVITATION FOR EXPRESSION OF INTEREST (EOI) TO SERVE AS SERVICE PROVIDER (SP) FOR THE 2021 LLIN DISTRIBUTION GLOBAL FUND NEW FUNDING MODEL III AS ADVERTISED BY PLAN INTERNATIONAL LIBERIA Deadline for submission of EOI is November 14, 2020

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LCM Central Level Dialogue

LCM commences dialogue to solicit citizens' input toward the development of funding request for submission to the Global Fund. Nimba is the host of this regional country dialogue which brings together citizens from two other counties- B**g and Lofa.

Photos taken during the opening section of the two days dialogue

LCM completes Malaria/HSS regional country dialogue in Bomi. The dialogue brought together participates from Cape Mount, Gbapolu and Bomi Counties for two days.
See below photos taken at end of the dialogue.

Opening session of Regional Country Dialogue for the development of Malaria/HSS Malaria funding request for Liberia. The dialogue beings together cross section of citizens from Grand Kru, Maryland, River Her and Grand Gedeh Counties. Grand Gedeh is hosting the two days dialogue meeting.